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MILES D. TAYLOR, OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN.

WIRE-FENCE MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 646,112, dated. March27, 1900.

Application filed November 24, 1899. fierial No- 738,190. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern).-

Be it known that I, MILES D. TAYLOR, of Janesville, in the county ofRock and'State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and use ful Improvementin Wire-Fence Machines, of which the following is a description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

' which are a part of this specification.

My invention relates to machines of'a class that are adapted tomanufacture wire-fence fabric ready to be secured to posts to form acomplete fence. The fabric manufactured by my improved machine haslongitudinal strands or cables forming a warp and crossstrands forming awoof, the woof being woven into or so twisted about the warp-cables asto permanently-secure them to the warp forming the complete flexiblefabric. The warpcables are substantially straight longitudinally of thefabric, and the cross-strands run obliquely from cable to cable or toengagement with each other between the cables, forming diamond-shaped ortriangular open meshes.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved machine ofcomparatively simple and inexpensive construction that is strong anddurable in all its parts and that is capable of feeding andweaving thewire supplied to it into a complete fence fabric in any of severalanalogous forms, all of which forms are attractive to the eye and areadapted for ready use, and of winding the completed fence fabric up intorolls convenient for transportation and for building into a fence.

The invention consists of the machine, its parts and combinations ofparts, as herein described and claimed, or the equivalents thereof.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of a machine embodying myimprovements, except that a fabric-carrying roll and a guide locatedabove the principal part of the machine are omitted to exhibit theprincipal parts of the machine completely. A minor part of theconstruction is broken away to. exhibit an otherwise hidden part below.Fig. 2 is an elevation of my improved machine as seen from the front orfrom that side which is at the bottom of the sheet as shown in Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1 looking toward the right, thefigure showing an end view of principal parts of the machine. Fig. 1 isa section on line 4: 4c of Fig. 2 looking toward the left, showing manyof the parts of the machine seen on'that section,

but some parts being omitted for clearness of representation of theparts shown. a top plan of parts of the mechanism shown in Fig. 4 in theforeground, some parts being in section. Fig. 6 shows with clearness inelevation parts found also in Fig. 4, but in relatively differentpositions.- Fig. 7 is a detail of parts shown obscu relyin Figs. 4,5,and 6 and in a position reverse to thepositions in Figs. 4

and 6. Fig. Sis an elevation of the machine at the end at the right inFigs. 1 and 2, parts being in section for convenience of illustration.Fig. 9 is a view of a fragment of the fabricwinding roll in section andrelated operating mechanism, the mechanism being that shown at the rightand near the bottom in Fig. 8. Figs. 10 and 11 show details of theconstruction of the mechanism in Fig. 9. Fig. 12 shows a detail of thewarp-wire-feed mechanism located on the inside of the frame at the rightin Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 13-is a plan, parts in section, of a detail ofthe mechanism shown in Fig. 12. Fig. 14 is a detail, mostly in section,of mechanism shown in Figs. 12 and 13. Fig. 15 is aview, largely insection, of a fragment of the frame, the bed thereon, some of thewarp-wire or cable guides, two of the woof-wire carriers,and somerelated mechanism. Fig. 16 is a top plan View of a fragment of the bedand of some of the cableguides and three of the woof-wire carriersthereon with related devices and mechanism. Fig. 17 is a verticalsection transversely through the bed, a cable-guide, two woof-wirecarriers, the actuating traveling blocks or travelers, and some relatedmechanism. Fig. 18 is a detail in elevation of a fragment of the frameand bed and of mechanism for revolving and causing the travel of thewoof-wire carriers on the bed. Fig. 19 is a detail of a pair ofwoof-wire carriers and the sometimeinterposed cable or warp-wire guide,the parts being disassembled for clearness of illustration. Fig. 20 is aplan view from below of the devices shown in elevation in Fig. 19.. Fig.21 is a detail of a part of a woof-wire carrier with its spool andwire-tension device in the foreground. Fig. 22 is a top plan view of theFig. 5 is extremities of the bed, it being broken away medially and thecentral portion being omitted, and mechanism therewith for rotating thewarp-wire guides and the woof-wire carriers and for guiding andadvancing the woof-wire carriers. Aportion of the bed is omitted and apart of the supporting-frame is shown in section. Figs. 23 and 24 showin detail devices seen in Fig. 22 at the respective ends of the bed foradvancing or causing the travel of the blocks or travelers in asemicircular direction at the ends of their route of travel. Fig. 25 isan under side view of two of the traveling blocks or travelers, the topview of which is shown in Fig. 16. Fig. 26 is an end view of one of thetraveling blocks or travelers. Fig. 27 is an elevation, parts being insection, of mechanism for gripping and advancing or feeding the cablesor warp-wires into and through the machine. Fig. 28 is a plan view,parts being in section, of substantially the same mechanism shown inelevation in Fig. 27. Fig. 29 is an elevation of some of the mechanismshown in Fig. 27 at a right angle thereto. Fig. 30 is an inner end viewof a device shown in Fig. 28 for gripping a cable or warp-wire. Figs.31, 32, and 33 show fragments of wire-fence fabric in forms produced bymy improved machine.

In the drawings, 1 represents the frame of the machine, which should beof such size and form as to suitably adapt it for the support of theoperative mechanism.

A machine of the character of my improved machine can be made of anywidth desired for the manufacture of very wide fence fabric; but in thedrawings I have shown a machine of a width sufficient to manufacturefabric somewhat wider than is ordinarily required for a fence, and thismachine may be used formanufacturing a fabric of such width or formanufacturing a fabric of any narrower width, as desired.

In manufacturing wire-fence fabric with this machine the cables orwarp-wires AA are supplied to the machine in parallel strands in suchnumbers as are desired for the fabric to be Woven. These warp-wires AArun under the idle roll 2, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, and thence upwardlythrough the warp wire guides 3 3, and thence after being interwoven inthe guides by the woof-wires over the idle fabric-carrying roll 4, andthence to the fabric-winding roll 5, on which the wire-fence fabric iswound up. The warp-wires or cables AA may consist of single straightsteel wires or may be severally formed of twisted wires, as shown inFigs. 31, 32, and 33. Itis desirable to have extra strong strands at thetwo edges of the fabric especially, and for this purpose the twistedstrands or warp-wires are desirable, and such twisted strands orwrapwires may be used through the fabric at intermediate lines or thesingle-wire strands may be employed exclusively or intermediate of andwith the twisted strands.

For advancing or feeding the warp-wires through the machine a warp-feedbar 6 is employed, which bar is reciprocable vertically in ways 7 7therefor in the frame, Figs. 2, 4, 12, 27, and 28. This feed-bar 6 islocated directly below the warp-wire guides 3 3 and is adapted byitsupward movement to carry the warp wires when gripped to it upwardlythrough the guides 3.

For feeding the warp-wires into the machine it is necessary that thewires should be gripped and held firmly to the bar 6 during its upwardmovement. For this I employ devices and mechanism as follows: A seriesof laterally-projecting studs 8 8, Figs. 2 and 28, each provided with aflat foot 9, are bolted to the side of the warp-feed bar 6. A basepiece10 is preferably employed, interposed between the foot 9 of the stud andthe bar 6 to support the stud at a little distance from the bar. Thefoot 9 and the base-piece 10 are each provided with a central aperture,and a grip-plate 11, preferably of steel,with a roughened face, isplaced in the base-piecelO, with its face exposed through the aperture,and a grip-block 12 is fitted loosely in the aperture in the foot 9 andis swiveled on a block-stem 13.

The block-stem 13 is movable endwise through the overturned extremity ofthe arm 14,which arm 14 is hinged at its other extremity to an arm 15,and this arm 15 atits distant extremity is hinged in the overturnedouter extremity of the stud 8, the two arms 14 and 15 forming as thusmounted a toggle-joint lever. An expansion-sprin g 16 is interposedbetween the end of the stem 13 and an adjustable resistance-block 17,which block is provided with a screw 18, turning into the block andresisting against an opposed part of the arm 14. The spring 16 bears atone extremity against a shoulder or collar on the stem 13. The mountingof the grip-block 12 in the arm 14is adapted by means of the spring 16to hold the block 12 yieldingly toward the gripplate 11. Thetogglejoint, including the arms 14 and 15, is adapted by swinging thejoint laterally to release the block 12 from its grip on the warp-wireA, which passes upwardly and is held between the plate 11 and the block12. One of these gripping devices is located on the feed-bar 6 directlybelow each of the warp-wire guides 3, mounted in the plane of the bed ofthe machine above. The pivot-pin 19, that hinges the arms 14 and 15together in a toggle-joint, extends through the connecting-rod 20, thusconnecting all these toggle-joints and compelling synchronous movementthereof. A

pitman 21 is pivoted at one end to the conof the bell-crank 22 isprovided with a platelink 27, hinged to the arm of the bell-crank andprovided with a laterally-turned extremity forming a head that fitsmovable vertically inargroove therefor, in the horizontallyreciprocableslide 28. A strap-guard 29, secured to the slide 28 by screws, holds theplate-link 27 in place movably in the slide. The slide 28 is mountedreciprocable horizontally in ways therefor in the frame. The slide isprovided with an inner, tappet 30 and an outer tappet 31, which areseverally adjustable laterally thereon by means of screwbolts throughslots in the tappets and turning into the slide. Cams 32 32 onoppositelyextending radial arms on the driving-shaft 33 are adapted tocontact with the inner tappet 30 and draw the slide 28 toward the shaft,while cams 34 34 on oppositely-disposed radial arms on the shaft 33 areadapted to contact with the tappet 31 andpush the slide 28 laterallyaway from the shaft 33. It will be understood that the mechanism justdescribed is adapted to reciprocate the connecting-rod 20, and therebyto move the grip-block 12, thus gripping and releasing the warp-wire A,the disposition of the parts of the mechanism being such that the block12 is made to grip the wire just before and during the upward movementof the feed-bar 6 and to release the wire just before and during thedownward movement of the feed-bar. The disposition of the cams 32 and 34on the shaft 33 is such that the slide 28 is intermittentlyreciprocated, causing the alternate gripping and release of thewarp-wire A.

The warp-wire-feed bar 6 and its load assumes by gravity its lowestposition. To move this feed-bar and its load upwardly, and thereby tofeed forward the warp-wires, I provide the following mechanism: Neareach end of the bar it is provided with a leg 35,

Figs. 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, and 14, and these legs at means of bolts 39 andcollars 4O 40, one at each side of each leg, which collars haveprojecting annular flanges or sleeves that surround the bolt and servefor the bearings of p the legs thereon, the flanges. projecting towardeach other and substantially meeting within the legs.Antifriction-wheels 41 41 on the bolts 39 are adapted to travel onvertical ways or bearings therefor on the frame 1, thereby supportingand guiding the movement ofthe wire'feed bar 6 reciprocably ve'rtically.The rigid forwardly-projecting toes 42 42 of the tappets 36 36 are inthe path of wipers 43 43, loose on the driving shaft 33.

Dogs 44 44 are so pivoted on the wipers 43 that their engaging catchesare normally in the paths of the steel-faced cams 45 45, fixed on theshaft 33. There are two of these cams 45, located severally at oppositesides of the shaft 33, adapted to temporarily engage each of the dogs44. Expanding-springs 46 46 are adapted to hold the catches on the, dogs44 44 normally in the .paths of the cams 45 45, these springs beingcoiled loosely about rods 47 47, that extend from a support therefor onthe hubs of the wipers 43 at the opposite side of the shaft 33 to andloosely through rearwardlyprojecting parts of the dogs 44. Stops 48 48,fixed on the frame, project therefrom laterally into the path of thelaterally-projecting portions of the front beveled orinclined ends ofthe dogs 44 44 and are adapted, as the dogs revolving with the cams 45come thereto, to contact against these beveled front extremities of thedogs and force them radially out of engagement with the cams 45. It willbe understood that the construction is such that as the shaft 33 rotatesthe cams 45 engage the dogs 44 and carry the wipers 43 with the cams,thereby lifting the tappets 36 and the wirefeed bar 6 until the dogs 44contact with the stops 48 and are pushed thereby out of engagement withthe cams 45, whereupon the wipers 43 under the weight of the tappets 36thereon and their load fall back into their normal positions,which areatthe lowest point towhich the wire-feed bar 6 can go, and at which limitof movement downwardly it is supported by the toes 42 of the tappets 36,resting on-the wipers 43 and their shaft 33, as shown in Figs. 4 and 12.The length of the movement of the bar 6 vertically and of the feed ofthe warp-wires is regulated by the adj ustment of the stops 48. Thesestops 48 are on the extremities of curved arms 49 49, that are mountedadjustably in the direction of the circle of the arc of the motion ofthe dogs 44. To accomplish this, the arms 49 are bolted to brackets 5050, rigid on the frame, the bolts passing through slots therefor in thearms 49. The warp-wires on being fed to and passing upwardly through theguides 3 are woven into the fabric, which fabric then passes over thefabric-carrying roll 4 and to and is wound upon the fabric-winding roll5 by a concurrent intermitting winding movement that will be hereinafterdescribed. By these means the warp-wires are fed into and through themachine and are kept constantly at a suitable tension and are carriedforward throughout by synchronous movement of the different parts of themachine.

For carrying and feeding the woof-wires and leading them forward andback across the plane of the fabric, twisting them about the warp-wiresand about themselves, and thus weaving them into and forming thewirefence fabric I employ the following mechan' ismwQDe wEarp-Wireguides 3 3 are in the general-fori o elongated spindles provided with acentral bore or aperture for the passage therethrough upwardly of thewarp-wires.

Of these guides as many are provided as will equal the number ofwarp-wires that by any possibility will be required in any fabric to bemanufactured on the machine. In manufacturing the wire fabric, however,in my improved machine it is not necessary to use as many warp-wires asthere are spindles, because the woof-wires may be twisted, and thuswoven about themselves, thereby forming meshes without the use ofwarp-wires except at the longitudinal edges of the fabric and at suchmedial longitudinal lines thereof as may be desired. These guides 3 3are sev= erally supported in upright position rotatably in and on ahollow pedestal 51, which pedestals are secured to and supported inpermanent position on a rail of the frame 1. Apertures 52 through therail are provided for the passage of the warp wires upwardly. So much ofthe lower portions of the guides 3 as enter the pedestals 51 arecylindrical, as shown at 53, Figs. 15 to 20, and the portion of theguide above this cylindrical portion is flattened and extended laterallyin both directions, normally in the direction of the length of the bedof the machine. These flattened and laterally-extended wings of theguides form shoulders that rest on the top of the pedestals 51 and alsoform flat side surfaces for receiving against them the normallyabuttingwoof-wire carriers. Woof-wire carriers 54 54 are located normally onopposite sides of warp-wire guides 3. These woofwire carriers aresubstantially as long vertically as the laterally-flattened portions ofthe guides 3 and are of substantially the same width as the guides.These carriers are employed in pairs opposite every alternate guide 3,except that when the alternate guide is at the end of the series, onlyone carrier is employed, the opposite carrier to make up the pair beingomitted, Fig. 1. These carriers are each provided medially with alaterallyprojecting arbor 55, on which a spool 56 is mounted rotatably.These spools carry the woof-wire wound thereon. To regulate the tensionof the wire as it leaves the spool 56, I provide means for resisting thefree rotation of the spool 56, which consists of a flexible metal strap57, passing around the hub of the spool, the two ends of which strapcome near together and are provided with a screw 58, adapted to draw theends toward each other, and thus tighten the strap more or less snuglyabout the hub of the spool. One extremity of the strap is provided witha lug 59, that projects laterally therefrom, so as to bear against a pin60, inserted transversely through the arbor 55,and thus prevent therotation of the tension-strap and yieldingly retarding the rotation ofthe spool. The upper extremities of the carriers 54 are preferablyturned outwardly obliquely above the spools 56, and these obliqueterminations or heads 61'of the carrier are each provided with anaperture inclining inwardly upwardly for the passage therethrough of thewoof-wire as itis uncoiled from the spool and is fed into the fabricbeing woven. Each carrier 54 is provided at its lower end with atransversely-disposed tongue 62, which fits slidably in a transversegroove therefor on the upper face of a pinion 63. The pinions 63 areeach footed on a shoulder on the several pedestals 51, about whichpedestal the pinion is fitted and rotates. The pinions 63, Fig. 22, areeach provided with two transverse grooves across its upper face, (onefor the tongue of each carrier 54, of a pair of carriers,) formed by theouter ribs 64 64 and the middle mutilated rib 65, which is omittedcentrally, providing a space for that portion of the interposed guide 3,Figs. 15 and 17. It will be understood that the rotation of thesepinions revolves the carriers 54 thereon and the guides 3, interposedbetween them, about the warp-wires extending upwardly through theguides, thus coiling the woof-wires about the interposed warp-wires ortwisting the two woof-wires about each other in the absence of aninterposed warp-wire.

For rotating the pinions G3 intermittently at the proper moment eachpinion meshes with a double pinion (34, Figs. 17 and 18, the beveledteeth of which mesh with a beveled pinion 65' on the counter-shaft 66,having its bearings in suitable boxes therefor on the frame. The doublepinions 64 are severally mounted on a stud 67, projecting from the boxesin which the counter-shaft 66 has its bearings, and the double pinionsare held in position thereon bya cap-plate 68, secured to the studs 67by a screw. The cap-plate extends laterally over the upper end of thebeveled pinion. The counter-shaft 66 is rotated intermittingly from themain shaft 33, Figs. 1 and 3, by a pinion 69 on the counter-shaft, thatmeshes intermittently with the teeth on the mutilated cog-wheel 7 O onthe main shaft. Concave stops 71 71 on radial arms fixed on thecounter-shaft 0G ride on rim-flanges 72 72, projecting laterally fromthe wheel opposite the untoothed portions of the perimeter, and preventthe movement rotatably of the counter-shaft while the untoothed portionof the perimeter of the wheel 70 is passing the pinion 69. To insure theprompt and proper initial rotative movement of the counter-shaft 66 whenthe pinion 69 comes to the toothedportion of the wheel 70, I provideradially-extending curved arms 73 73 on the counter-shaft 66, adapted tobe engaged at the proper moment by the radially-projecting arms 74 74 onthe main shaft These radial arms 74 74 are curved forwardly in the lineof motion at their outer extremities and are made in two parts, theouter ends of the arms being secured to the inner or hub portion thereofby bolts 75 75, passing through slots, preferably at a slightly-obliqueangle to radii of the shaft,whereby the extremities of these arms may bemoved outwardly or inwardly and slightly advanced forwardly orretrieved, thus making the arms adjustable with reference to securingthe engagement thereof with the arms 73 at the proper moment to initiatethe rotation of the. counter shaft 66 when the pinion 69 comes to teethon the wheel 7 O. The construction and relation of the parts are such asto cause a rotation of the pinion 63 once and a half around by theaction of each of the two segmental sections of teeth on the mutilatedwheel 70 as it rotates. This results in carrying each woofwire in a coilonce and a half around the interposed warp-wire or the intermeshingwoof.- wire in the absence of the warp-wire.

For carrying the woof-wires from one weftwire to another or transverselyof the fabric limitedly I employ the following mechanism:

A considerable number of push-blocks 76 76, Figs. 1, 2, 4, 16, 17,18,25, and 26, arranged in adjacent lines L L and'adapted to travel,respectively, in opposite directions, are mounted and slidable on thebed 77, that forms a part of the frame 1. These push-blocks 76 areduplicates of each other and are adapted to travel in succession oneafter the other in a substantially-endless procession in the two lines Land L, the blocks at the ends of the lines of travel turning around fromone line into the other. The blocks rest on the bed 77 and are let intothe bed, so that their upper surfaces are flush with the top of the bed,and guards 78, secured to the upper surface of the bed, project over thepush-blocks and retain them movably in position on'the bed. Raised ribs79 79 on the bed extend in straight lines thereon along the route of thetravel of the pushblock in straight horizontal lines, and these ribs orguides enter grooves 79 therefor in the under surface of the push-blocksand also serve as guides for the movement of the blocks along thestraight lines of their travel. The push-blocks are also provided neartheir inner edges with downwardly-projecting and laterally-turnin gflanges 8O 80, that fit against and under the edge of the bed about alongitudinal aperture therein, which aperture at its extremities isenlarged and curved in a circular direction,'this edge 81 of thisaperture in the bed forminga guide against which this flange on each ofthe push-blocks may bear movably during their travel along'the straightlines of their route. push-blocks has a substantially-semicircularrecess in its inner edge, medially about which recess, projectingupwardly and downwardly from the push-block, there is a semicircularflange 82, which flange fits movably about the semicircular base 83 ofthe woof-wire carrier 54. A semicircular horizontally-projecting tongue84 on the block 76 enters a groove 85 therefor in the carrier-base 83,Figs. 17, 19, 25, and 26. Each of these push-blocks is thus so fitted toand about the base of a carrier 54 that when a push-block is caused totravel ahead in its route it carries its partiallyencircled woof-wirecarrier with it. At the extremities of the lines of travel of thepushblocks and opposite the ends of the row of warp-wire guides 3, Figs.1, 15, and 16, there are located semicircular guides 86 86, one at Eachof these each end, secured at their outer extremities to the frame andat their inner extremities terminating in a semicircular concave endlocated and adapted to receive against it the semicircular flange orcollar 82 on each pushblock 76 as the push-block is advanced thereto andto guide the push-block as itisadvanced at the end of the route oftravel around from one line of blocks to the other reversely travelingline of blocks. These push-blocks du ring their travel on the straightlines bear against each other end to end, and the line of blocks isadvanced by pushing one or two of them ahead. As these blocks may, byreason of wear or otherwise, require a slight adjustment relatively toeach other, I advisably provide adjusting-bolts 87 87, turning into theends of these blocks, the heads of which bolts on adjacent blocksregister with each otherand are adapted to contact and provide a properadjusted bearing for the blocks.

For advancing theblocks in their travel intermittently on the straightlines I provide actuating mechanism as follows: Each of the push-blocksis provided on the upper surface thereof with two rack-teeth 88 88,Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 15, 16, 17, and 18, facing rearwardly of the motion ofthe blocks. -The distance of these teeth apart on each block and on eachline of blocks when in position on their straight routesis equal to thedistance apart of the apertures through the axes of the warp- Wireguides 3 3. A pawl 89, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, provided with a toothedpawl-block 90, pivoted to the free end of the pawl and adapted toengage'the teeth 88 on thepush-blocks, is mounted on the crank of arock-shaft 91 and is adapted by the oscillation of the shaft to advancethe line L of the push-blocks intermittently. A complementary pawl 89,Figs. 1, 2, and 8, provided with a toothed block 90 and mounted on thecrank of the rock-shaft 91, is adapted by the oscillation of the rockshaft to advance the line L of the pushblocks intermittently in theopposite direction to the motion of the push-blocks in the line L. Thecrank-arm on the rock-shaft 91 is connected by a rod formed of twomembers 92 92 to a radial crank-arm 93, on the rock shaft 91, Figs. 1,3, and 4, which crankarm 93 projects from the rock-shaft radially in anopposite direction to the crank on which the pawl 89 is pivoted. The twomembers 92 92 of the connecting-rod, Figs. 1 and 18, areseverallyprovided with a head 94 94, into which the rods turn by' screw-thread,thereby providing for their longitudinal lengthening or shortening, andthe heads 94 94 are severally secured pivotally to the free extremity ofan arm 95, pivoted on and depending from the frame. These heads aresecured to the arm 95, adjustable radially toward and from its axis bybolts 96 96, movable in slots therefor in the arm. By this constructionthe throw of the members 92 92of the connecting-rod can be regulated tosuitably adjust the movements of the block-moving pawls 89.

To intermittingly oscillate the rock-shaft 91, it is provided with aradial arm 97, which is connected by a rod consisting of two hingedmembers 98 98 to an actuating-lever 99, pivoted at one extremity to abracket 100 on the frame, Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 5. The free extremity ortoe 90' of the lever 99 is in the path of a radial arm or wiper 101,loose on the main shaft 33. The wiper 101 is provided with a dog 102,pivoted thereon and so disposed that its steel-faced catch is in thepath of and adapted to be caught by the steel-faced cams 45, Figs. 4, 5,6, and 7. The dog 102 is held normally releasably in the path of thecams 45 by an expansion-spring 103,coiled about a rod 104, that issupported on a standard 105, fixed on the wiper 101, which rod projectsloosely through an eye fixed in a rearwardly-projecting part of the dog102. The wiper 101 by means of the contact of the dog 102 with a cam 45is carried around therewith until the dog contacts with a stop 106,fixed 011 the frame, which stop is so disposed as to engage the beveledfront end of the dog and force it out of engagement with the cam. Anactuating-lever 107, pivoted medially on the frame, is connected at itsrear end by a link 108 to the lever 00, and the free extremity of thislever 107 is also in the path of the cams 45 andis so disposed, Fig. 6,that just after the dog 102 is released from a cam 45 the cam 45 willengage the lever 107 and tilt it, forcing the lever 99 back to itsinitial position, and thereby oscillating the rock-shaft 01 in the otherdirection. The link 108 is connected adjustably both to the lever 99 andto the lever 107 by bolts passing through slots therefor in the levers.By this means the relative throw of the levers may be adjusted. Acontractile compensating spring 109 is attached at one end to the frameand at the other end to a short radial arm on the rock-shaft 91 and isadapted to ease the movements and assist in retrieving the pawls 89 89'.

For advancing the push-blocks severally in their route of travel aroundthe ends of the line of guides 3 3 I provide rotatable pushers, Figs. 23and 24, one at each end of the route of travel, which severally consistof a finger 110 110, mounted on a pinion 111. The fingers at the twoends of the route of travel are of such different form as adapts themfor contacting with the pins 113 113 on the under side of thepush-blocks 76in the situations in which they are placed, Fig. 22. Thesepinions 111 encircle the hubs of the two end pinions 63 and are footedrevolubly on a shoulder therefor on the end pedestals 51, Figs. 15 and22. Segmental racks 112, one at each end, pivoted on the frame, meshwith these pinions and by their oscillation rotate the pinionsintermittently in reverse directions. The fingers are so constructed anddisposed that when moved from their initial positions (shown in Fig. 22)they are adapted severally to engage the pins 113 on the push-blocksopposite thereto, and as the fingers are swung around the ends of theline of the guides 3 3 they carry the push-blocks engaged thereby aroundfrom one straight line of push-blocks to the other straight line ofpush-blocks, and immediately thereafter by the reversal of the movementof the segmental racks 112 they are brought back to the initialpositions. (Shown in Fig. 22.) These segmental racks 112 are severallyconnected medially by pitmen 114 114, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, and 15, tocrank-arms of rockshafts 115 115, journaled in the frame. Each pitman isprovided with a head 116 116, Figs. 1 and 4, into which the pitmanturnsand by means of which the pitman can be lengthened and shortened asdesired, and each pitman is also provided with a terminal couplingmemher 117 117, to which the heads are hinged,and which coupling memberis in turn pivoted on the crank of its rock-shaft 115 and 115. The othercranks of these double-cranked rockshafts 115 115 are connected by rods118 118', Figs. 3 and 8, to crank-pins 110 110 on cogwheels 120 120,which cog-Wheels mesh with pinions 121 121 on the counter-shaft 60. Thecrank-pins 119 119 are adjustable radially in slots therefor on thecog-Wheels, thereby providing for regulating the extent of theoscillation of the racks 112 to secure the proper movement of thefingers 110 110.

When the machine is put in operation,warpwires A A are led up throughthe guides 3 3 and over the roll 4, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and arethencetaken to and secured on the windingup roll 5. The woof-wires on thespools 50 are carried up through the apertures in the heads 61 of thecarriers 54 and are initially secured to the warp-wires with referenceto anchoring the ends of the woof-wires preparatory to weaving the fencefabric. Thereupon, the machine being in the position shown in Fig. 1, sofar as the push-blocks and the warpwire guides and the woof-wirecarriers are concerned, the machine is started and the woof-wirecarriers and the warp-wire guides are rotated once and a half around bythe rotation of the counter-shaft 60. This rotation of the woof-wirecarriers once and a half around coils the woof-wires correspondinglyabout the central warp-wire just above the tops of the woof-wire carrierand the warpwire guides, or where the warp-wire is absent coils abouteach other the two woof-wires that are being delivered from thewoof-wire carriers in the same pairs of carriers opposite each other inthe relations clearly shown in Fig. 1. This twist of the woof-wiresabout the warp-wire or about themselves may, if desired, be more thanonce and a half aroundas, for instance, the twist may be two and a halfor more times around. At the same time and by the revolution of thecounter-shaft 06 the push-block at the right-hand extremity of the lineL of push-blocks is carried around by the limited rotation of the finger110, Fig. 22, to the other side of the line of guides 3 3 and into theline L of the push-blocks. Thereupon by the reciprocal movement of thepawls S9 89 forwardly the push-blocks 76 will be advanced a distanceequal to the distance between the vertical centersof the guides 3, thepush-blocks in the line L moving toward the right and the push-blocks inthe line L moving toward the left, so that the woof-wire carriers (shownin pairs opposite each other in Fig. 1) will be moved away from eachother in opposite directions to a location opposite the adjacent guides3 3, which in Fig. 1 are shown as being unattended by any Woof-wirecarriers. At the time of this movement of the woof-wire carriers thewarp-wires are advanced upwardly by the feed movement of.

the bar 6, which may be greater or less, as desired, the extent of whichfeed movement of the warp-wires upwardly will determine the angle ofobliquity of the woof-wires B B from one warp-wire to the next warp-wireor to engagement with the adjacent woofwire, as indicated in Figs. 31,32, and 33that is to say, the extent of the feed of the warp-wires willdetermine the angletof the Woof-wires thereto, and consequently theangle of the sides of the diamond-shaped or triangular meshes of thefabric. Following this movement of the push-blocks and of the shiftingof the woof-wire carriers the woof-wire carriers 'are again rotated withthe warp-wire guides once and a half around, thus again coiling thewoof-wires about the warp-wires orabont each other, andat the same timethe push-block at the extreme left in line L" will be carried around theend of the line of guides 3 to the line L of the push-blocks. It shouldbe observed that the movement of the pushblocks ahead is in the samedirection that the Woof-wires are wound about the warp-wires, so thatwhen the rotation of the woof-wire carriers about the warpwires haswound the woof-wires thereon the forward movement of the carriers,advanced by the push-blocks in the same direction, will continue thetension on the woof-wires, and the coils formed thereby about thewarp-wires or about each other of the woof-wires will not be slackenedup or released by the subsequent movement of the woof-wire carriers,which is a movement continued in the direction of the coil. The fabricwhen completed is carried over the fabriccarrying roll 4, which ispreferably provided with two or more bands 122 122, each having a numberof radially-projecting spike-guides therein. In the drawings, Fig. 2, Ihave shown four of these bands. They are fitted snugly and yetadjustably lengthwise on the roll 4 and are advisably to be so arrangedon the roll that the spikes will register alongside of warp-wires in thefabric on the inner side thereof. The bands 122 in Fig. 2 are shown asarranged for weaving 'two pieces of the fabric at the same time, onewider and one narrower, these spiked bands being so arranged as to bealongside the outer or marginal warp-wires of the two fabrics. I alsopreferably employ a guide-rod 123, mounted on the frame a little at thefront of the roll 4 and below the horizontal plane of the axis of theroll 4. This guide-rod 123 is also providedwith adjustable revolublecollars 124 124,havin g radial spikes therein, and this rod, with itsspikes, is adapted to guide the fabric in its movement toward the roll 4and to hold it to that roll. The spiked collars on the rod 123 areadvisably located thereon to register with the spiked bands 122 on theroll 4. The fabric iscarried from the roll 4 to the winding-up roll 5,on which it is wound in suitable form for transportation and for themarket. The roll 5 is provided at each end with flattened tongues 125125, Figs. 1, 9,10, and 11-, which fit reinovably in U-shaped sockets126 126 on the ends of mandrels 127 127, journaled in the frame.Removable keys 123 128 secure the roll 5 detachably in the mandrel's.This construction permits of the convenient lifting of. the roll, with aquantity of fabric wound thereon, from its place on the mandrels andremoving the roll from the coil of fabric, which is thereby left in acoiled or rolled-up condition. The roll 5 can then be readily'replacedin the mandrels for winding other fabric thereon. The mandrel127 at oneend of the machine is provided with a ratchetwheel 129, Figs. 1, 2, 8,and 9. A swinging arm 130, pivoted on the mandrel alongside theratchet-wheel 129, is provided with a pawl 131, that engages the teethof the wheel in one direction. The other extremity of the arm isconnected by a device 132 to the free extremity of-a swinging arm 133,pivoted on the frame; Cams 134 134 on the main shaft 33 are adapted tocontact medially with the swinging arm 133 andpush it laterally, causingthe arm 130 to swing correspondingly and by means of the pawl 131andratchet-wheel 129 to rotate the roll 5 intermittingly. The connectingdevice 132 preferably consists of ahead member 135, pivoted by a bolt tothe arm 130, the bolt being adapted to be placed in any one of severalapertures 136, located at unequal distances radially from the axis ofthe arm, two rods 137 137, with a cross. piece 138 on the two rods andsecured adjustably thereto by nuts turning on threads on the rods, anoverlapping rod 139, with its cross-head 140, through which the rods 137pass movably, expansible springs 141 141, coiled about the rods 137between the cross-v piece and the cross-head, and a nut 142, turning onthe rod 139 against the free extremity of the arm 133. The rod 139passes movably through the cross-piece 138 and through the extremity ofthe arm 133. A stop 143, adjustable on the frame, by means of a bolt144, through a slot in the base of the stop, is adapted to engage theswinging arm 133 and prevent its approach to the shaft 33 beyond apredetermined distance. This construction is adapted for regulating thethrow of the swinging arm 130, and thereby is adapted for regulating theintermittent movement of the roll 5, whereby the rotation of the roll isreadily adapted for winding up the fabric thereon as fast as it ismanufactured, both while the coil or fabric on the roll is small andafter it has become large. A stop 145 prevents the throw of the arm 133rearward-1y beyond its normal movement. The stop is mounted adjustablyon the frame. The springs 141 prevent any undue tension on the fabric.The adjustment that can be made of the head 135 on the arm 130 by meansof its bolt and the apertures 136 also provides for the adjustment ofthe throw of the arm 130. A click 146, pivoted on the frame, is adaptedto engage the rack-wheel129 and prevent its rearward movement. Otherclicks 147 147 are also advisably employed, which are hinged on theframe and are of such length and disposition as to be adapted to engagethe teeth of the ratchet-wheel 129 at points in its movement betweenthose at which it is engaged by the click 146. These additional orsupernumerary clicks 147 147 are adapted to engage the teeth of thewheel 129 and prevent any backward movement of the wheel when theoscillation of the arm 130 is not sufiicient to carry it a distance tobe engaged by the click 146.

The main shaft 33 is provided with a clutch member 148, and a cog-wheel149, loose on the shaft 33, is provided with a complementary clutchmember and is adapted to be Shifted on the shaft into engagement withthe clutch member 148. The cog-wheel 149 meshes with an elongated pinion150 on a pulleyshaft 151, journaled in the frame, and this pulley-shaftis provided with a pulley 152, adapted to be connected by a belt to anysuitable source of power.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a wire-fence machine, thecombination with aframe anda plurality of verticallydisposed warp-wireguides mounted thereon, of a vertically-movable warp-wire-feed barlocated below the guides, and means for lifting the feed-bar and itsload and permitting it to fall back to its initial position.

2. In a wire-fence machine, the combination with a frame provided withverticallydisposed ways thereon, of a warp-wire-feed bar mounted in theways, means on the feedbar for temporarily gripping the warp-wiresthereto, and means for lifting the feed-bar and letting it fall back toits initial position.

3. In a wire-fence machine, the combination with a movablewarp-wire-feed bar, of means for gripping a warp-wire thereto comprisinga stud secured to the bar, a fixed gripplate, a movable grip-blockprovided with a thereto-hinged stem, toggle-joint members hingedtogether and one member hinged to the stud, a spring bearing on the stemof the grip-block and a member of the toggle-joint, and means foractuating the toggle-joint.

4. In a wire-fence machine, a warp-wiregripping device comprising a studfixed on a feed-bar, a grip-plate, a movable grip-block opposite thegrip-plate, a stem pivoted to the grip-block and passing movably througha toggle-joint member, toggle-joint members hinged together and onemember hinged to the stud, a spring bearing against a togglejoint memberand acting on the stem and grip-block, and a screw and nut interposedbetween the spring and the toggle-joint member whereby the tension ofthe spring may be regulated.

. 5. In a wire-fence machine, means for actuating a device for grippingwarp-wires to a feed-bar comprising a toggle-joint connecting-rod 20, abell-crank 22, a pitman connecting said rod to said bell-crank, a link27 pivoted to the bell-crank and taking movably into ways in a slide,the slide reciprocable in ways therefor on the frame, and means forreciprocating the slide.

6. In a wire-fence machine, means for actuating a grip-operating slidereciprocably comprising the slide 28, an inner tappet 30 and an outertappet 31 secured detachably on the slide, a shaft 33, and cams 32, 34on the shaft adapted alternately to contact respectively with thetappets and reciprocate the slide.

7. In a wire-fence machine, the combination of a vertically-reciprocablewarp-wirefeed bar, wire-gripping devices on the feedbar, an oscillatinglever 22 mounted on the feed bar and connected operatively to thegripping devices and provided with a theretopivoted link having anelongated verticallyextending head, and a horizontally-reciprocableactuating-slide provided with a groove in which the head of said linkreciprocates vertically and by which the link is held to horizontalmovement with the slide.

8. In a wire-fence machine, the combination with a frame, and awarp-wire-feed bar reciprocable vertically in ways therefor on theframe, of means for intermittingly lifting the frame, comprisingswinging tappets 36 supported at one extremity on the frame andprojecting into the path of wipers, a shaft, said wipers loose on theshaft, cams fixed on the shaft, dogs on the wipers adapted to engage thecams and hold the wipers to revolution therewith, and meansfor-disengaging the dogs from the cams.

9. In a wire-fence machine, a vertically-reciprocable warp-wire-feedbar, a tappet pivoted medially to the feed-bar, a hanger suspendedpivotally from the frame and hinged to the outer extremity of thetappet, an idle wheel 41 on the tappet-feed-bar pivot-bolt adapted totravel on ways therefor on the frame in the direction of the movement ofthe feed-bar, and means for lifting the tappet.

10. In a wire-fence machine, a means for lifting a feed-bar tappetcomprising a shaft, a Wiper loose on the shaft, a dog pivoted on thewiper, a spring adapted to hold the dog normallyyieldingly in the pathof a cam,the

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cam fixed on the shaft adapted to engage the dog, and a stop adapted tocontact with the dog and disengage it from the cam. V

11. In a wire-fence machine, a means for lifting a feed-bar tappetcomprising a shaft, a wiper loose on the shaft, a dog provided with abeveled head pivoted on the wiper, a spring adapted to hold the dognormally yieldingly in the path of a cam, the cam fixed on the shaftadapted to engage the dog, and a stop adapted to contact with thebeveled head of the dog and disengage it from the cam, said stop beingmounted adjustably in the arc of the circle of rotation of the dogwhereby the extent, of the lift of the feed-bar may be regulated.

12. In a wire-fence machine, a rotatable warp-wire guide provided with abore for the passage through it of a warp-wire axially, a pair ofwoof-wire carriers respectively on opposite sides of the warp-wireguide, means for rotating the warp-wire guide and synchronouslyrevolving the woof-wire carriers about the axis of the warp-wire guide,and other means for controlling and shifting the woofwire carriers fromthe woof-wire guide tangentially in reverse directions and alwayscontinuously of the general direction of the rota tion of the carriersand guide.

13. In a wire-fence machine, a pair of revoluble woof-wire carrierslocated opposite each other, means for revolving the pair ofwire-carriers, and means for shifting the carriers of a pairtangentially in opposite directions always in continuation of themovement of their revolutions.

14. In a wire-fence machine, the combination with a wire-carrier, of anarbor, a spool rotatable on the arbor, a band about the hub of thespool, means for clamping the band adjustably to the hub, and means tocontact with and prevent the rotation of the band with the spool.

15. In a wire-fence machine, the combination of a series of warp-wireguides arranged in a straight line, woof-wire carriers in pairsrespectively on opposite sides of each alternate one of said guides,means for shifting the carriers of each pair in reverse directionstangentially from opposite one guide to opposite the next adjacentguides always in the direction of the revolution of the carriers abouttheir woof-wire guides, and means for revolving the carriers about theaxis of the guides.

16. In a wire-fence machine, the combination of warp-wire guidesdisposed in a continuous line, woof-wire carriers in pairs respectivelyon opposite sides of each alternate guide, means for-shifting thecarriers of each pair in opposite directions from one guide to theadjacent guides, means for revolving the wire-carriers once and a halfaround the axis of their newly-acquired companion guide,and means forshifting the carriers back to their initially-adjacent guide but at theopposite sides thereof.

17 In a wire-fence machine, the combina-' tion of a series of woof-wirecarriers disposed in pairs opposite each other, a series of interposedwarp-wire guides, pinions below and axially of the guides and thecarriers, grooves and complementary tongues on the carriers and thepinions respectively holding the carriers to revolution with the pinionsbut permitting them to slide into and out of engagement with thepinions, means for rotating the pinions, and other means for shiftingthe carriers from the pinions. I

18. In a wire-fence machine, the combination of a series of woofwirecarriers arranged in pairs opposite each other, means for re-' volvingthe carriers of each pair about their common axis, push-blocks in twolines in which the carriers are severally mounted movably revolubly, andmeans for advancing the lines of push-blocks intermittingly in oppositedirections.

19. In a wire-fence machine, the combination of a series of warp-wireguides arranged in a line, two series of woof-wire carriers arrangednormally opposite to and abutting movably against warp-wire guides,means for revolving the carriers about the axis of the guides, two linesof push-blocks supported slidably on a bed and severally encircling awarp-wire carrier, and means for advancing the two lines of push-blocksand the carriers in opposite directions simultaneously.

20. In a wire-fence machine, the combination with a frame and a bedthereon, of pushblocks arranged in two lines, a push-block Way on thebed extending in adjacent parallel straight lines and continuouslyaround at the ends, a series of warp-wire guides in a line between thestraight lines of the push-blocks, woof-wire carriers mounted in thepush-blocks in the two lines at the two sides of the guides, means foradvancing the two straight lines of push-blocks concurrently,and othermeans for advancing the push-blocks severally around at the ends of thestraight lines of travel and from one straight line to the otherstraight line.

21. In a wire-fence machine, the combina tion with a frame and a bedthereon having an elongated push-block way, of push-blocks havingwoof-wire carriers mounted therein, the push-blocks being disposed andadapted to travel in adjacent parallel straight lines through a portionof their route, racks on the push-blocks, rock-shafts, pawls on therockshafts respectively engaging the racks on a line of the push-blocks,and means for oscillating the rock-shafts.

22. In a wire-fence machine, the combination with a frame and a bedthereon having an elongated push-block way, of push-blocks havingwoof-wire carriers mounted therein, the push-blocks being disposed andadapted to travel in adjacent parallel straight lines through a portionof their route, racks on the push-blocks, rock-shafts, pawls on therockshafts, pawl-blocks pivoted on the pawls engaging a pluralityofteeth on a push-block or push-blocks, and means for oscillating therock-shafts concurrently.

23. In a wire -fence machine having two lines of push-blocks adapted tobe advanced intermittingly in reverse directions,means for advancing thepush-blocks step by step in two lines in opposite directions comprisingan actuating cranked rock-shaft 91 at one end of the lines ofpush-blocks, an actuated cranked rock-shaft at the other end of thelines of pushblocks, pawls on the cranks of the rock-shaf t engagingrespectively the lines of push-blocks, a rod connecting the cranks ofthe two rockshafts, and means for oscillating the actuating rock-shaft.

24. In a wire-fence machine, the combination with two lines ofpush-blocks adapted to be advanced intermittingly in reverse directions,of cranked rock-shafts one at each end of the lines of push-blocks,pawlson the cranks of the rock-shafts engagingrespectively a line of thepush-blocks,a rod connecting the cranks of said rock-shafts, said rodcomprising principal members 92, 92, head members 94, 94:

adjustable on the principal members, and an interposed swinging member95 to which the head members are pivoted adjustably.

25. In awire-fence machine, means for oscillating a rock-shaft adaptedfor advancing Woof-wire carriers intermittingly, comprising a swinginglever 99, a rod connecting the swinging lever to a crank-arm on therockshaft, a rotatable shaft, a wiper 101 loose on the shaft, a camfixed on the shaft, a dog on the wiper in the path of and adapted to beengaged by the cam, and a stop for releasing the dog from the cam.

26. In a wire-fence machine, the combination with a rock-shaft 91provided with a crank-arn1 97, of a swinging lever 99, a rod consistingof two members 98, 98 hinged together connecting the crank-arm to thelever, a shaft 33, a wiper 101 loose on the shaft, cams 45 fixed on theshaft, a dog with a beveled head pivoted on the wiper, a spring adaptedto hold the dog normally yieldingly in the path of the cams, and a stopadapted to control the beveled head of the dog and push it out ofengagement with the cams severally.

27. In a wire-fence machine, means for oscillating a rock-shaft 91comprising a lever 99, a rod connecting the lever to a crank on therock-shaft, a shaft 33, a wiper loose on the shaft, a cam fixed on theshaft, a dog on the wiper adapted to be caught by and released from thecam, and a second lever 107 in the path of the cam and connectedoperatively to the first-mentioned lever, whereby the rockshaft isoscillated positively in both directions.

28. In a Wire-fence machine, means for oscillating a rock-shaft 91,comprising a lever 99, a rod connecting the lever to a crank on therock-shaft, a shaft 38, a wiper loose on the shaft, a cam fixed on theshaft, a dog on the wiper adapted to be caught by and released 1 fromthe cam, a second lever 107 in the path of the cam and connectedadjustably operatively to the first-mentioned lever, and a compensatingspring 109 connected to a radial arm on the rock-shaft and to a fixedresistance.

29. In a wire-fence machine, means for revolving one or two woof-wirecarriers comprising a pinion 63 provided with a transverse groove orgrooves for receiving therein a tongue or tongues on the wire-carrier orwirecarriers, a double pinion 64: meshing with the grooved pinion,abeveled pinion meshing with the double pinion, a shaft on which thebeveled pinion is fixed, and means for rotating the shaftintermittingly.

30. In a wire-fence machine, the combination with push-blocks carryingWoof-wire carriers and adapted to travel in an elongated path on a bed,of pinions provided withfingers 110, 110' located respectively at theends of the elongated path of the push-blocks, the fingers being adaptedto catch onto the pushblocks and advance them several] Y in asemicircular direction, segmental racks meshing with the pinions, andmeans for oscillating the segmental racks.

31. In a wire-fence machine, the combination with push-blocks carryingwoof-wire carriers and adapted to travel in an elongated path on a bed,of pinions provided with fingers 110, 110 located respectively at theends of the elongated path of the push-blocks, the fingers being adaptedto catch onto the pushblocks and advance them severally in asemicircular direction, segmental racks meshing with the pinions,doubly-cranked rock-shafts 115, 115 having crank connections to thesegmental racks and to a cog-wheel, and a rotating shaft 66 providedwith a pinion meshing with said cog-wheel.

32. In a Wire-fence machine, a means for rotating Woofwire carriersintermittingly, comprisinga countershaft 66 connected to theWire-carriers operatively by intermediate pinions, a pinion 69 on thecounter-shaft, a main shaft, a mutilated cog-wheel on the main shaftprovided with a flange projecting from its rim opposite the unmutilatedportion of the rim, and a concave stop 71 fixed on the countershaft andadapted to bear against the rim flange on the mutilated wheel andprevent r0- tation ofthe counter-shaft while opposite said flange.

In a wire-fence machine, a means for rotating a woof-wire carrierintermittingly, comprising a counter-shaft provided with a pinion, amain shaft, a mutilated cog-wheel on the main shaft with which thepinion meshes intermittingly, curved radial arms on the counter-shaft,and radial arms on the main shaft so disposed as to contact the arms onthe countershaft as the teeth on the mutilated wheel come initially tothe teeth on the pinion and insure the prompt rotation of thecounter-shaft by the main shaft.

34. In a wire-fence machine, the combination with a counter-shaftprovided with a pin-

